I like the setup on Harry's car. It's a pretty simple design and easy to switch back to being belt driven - excellent for a weekend racing type of thing.


Lawrenceville, GA

The pictured electric water pump is worth an additional 4-5 horsepower over the stock belt driven unit it replaces and is designed to run all the time the engine runs.  There is no on/off switch based on coolant temperature as is typical with an electric fan as it’s important that coolant be circulating or moving around all the time the engine is running.  Estimated life for the electric pump motor is ~500 hours of continuous running.  This pump design is something that was being worked on for the Engine Masters Competition and have since been developing it for the race crowd.  At this point in time, I’m still working on increasing the flow values.  It could potentially be used on a street vehicle but it’s benefits do not outweigh it’s projected life so I couldn’t whole heartedly recommend it in this application except for the WOW factor.  But a plus factor for a street vehicle would be the ability to run the pump after the engine has shut down for a quicker cool down.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Much cheaper than buying it online. Good tip. Here's the link to Vintage Speed if anyone likes to browse??

http:/www.vintagespeed.com





Johnson Rod



Southern California

Those valley covers on Ebay are Charlie Prices at Vintage speed. You can get them direct from him if you call and tell him you saw it on ebay. Thats what I did.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

I bought one of these from Ebay and then had a friend "Ted" weld the filler/breather tube into the front and put a pcv valve at the back. It is not a flimsy piece and is very good quality.

Link to Aluminum Valley Cover



If you just bid the $55.00 minimum, chances are that you will win it. As soon as your's is sold, he puts another one up.


Jim (site owner)
'56 Club Sedan - Ted Eaton built 429 hp '292/318, '54 Sunliner - stock '302

Thanks Tim, I also like to compliment you on your beautiful family including your cars, of course. ! Nice to see on here!  My cars are put away as it is winter here with cold and snow, but you can see a few more pictures of my Merc if you punch in capitoldistrictcruisers.com into google. A buddy of mine talked me into going down there & what a cruise in it was-over 1000 cars & I was one of the lucky one's............        Mike

Merry Christmas  & a Very Happy & Healthy New year to all!!

     

Mike,

by the way, i love the looks of your Merc. I would like to see some more angels.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Hi ted, like the electric water pump adaption, i,m assuming this is for race application and would it work in street car/hotrod as regular pump with out getting overworked. i realise it would only come in once preset temp switch clicked it on? Thanks, Aussie bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Ditto to what Tim says.  The shielded grommet is just something that’s convenient and depending upon the application, just saves the hassle of installing a shield under the PCV valve.  These shielded grommets are relatively new so there’s many an older retrofitted PCV valve application that gets by okay without one.  My 272 powered Customline has been using an open sided grommet without an added baffle in the valley pan for over eighteen years without issue but for the most part, it’s driven normally.  But given the option, a little shielding sure can’t hurt.  And as miker  mentions, full throttle operation can potentially throw additional oil at the valve and overload it.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

The baffle keeps the oil from being slung/splashed directly on the PCV valve so you don't suck it into the intake. If you don't have one and haven't had any problems, it's not unusual, not all PCVs have baffles .

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias